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Neurotropic enteroviruses co-opt "fair-weather-friend" commensal gut microbiota to drive host infection and central nervous system disturbances.
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Abstract
Some neurotropic enteroviruses hijack Trojan horse/raft commensal gut bacteria to render devastating biomimicking cryptic attacks on human/animal hosts. Such virus-microbe interactions manipulate hosts' gut-brain axes with accompanying infection-cycle-optimizing central nervous system (CNS) disturbances, including severe neurodevelopmental, neuromotor, and neuropsychiatric conditions. Co-opted bacteria thus indirectly influence host health, development, behavior, and mind as possible "fair-weather-friend" symbionts, switching from commensal to context-dependent pathogen-like strategies benefiting gut-bacteria fitness.